Strap connection for garments or the like.



N0. 7I2,363 Patnted Oct. 28, I902. 'MuDATTLEBAUM.

STRAP CONNECTION FOB GARMENTS 08 THE LIKE.

(Application filed mi. 4, 1902.

(No Model.)

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NrrEn STATES PATENT Grrrcn.

MARCUS DATTLEBAUM, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 712,363, dated October28, 1902.

Application filed March 4. 19 02- Serial No. 96,650. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS DATTLEBAUM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oakland, county of Alameda, State of California,haveinvented an Improvement in Strap Connections for Garments or theLike; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

My invention relates to a device WlllOlllS especially designed formaking connections for straps such as are used upon trousers, vests, andwearing-apparel and is also applicable for making connections whereverbuckles are used.

It consists of a plate having a plurality of studs projectingfrom itsface and adapted to pass through openings or holes made in the parts tobe connected, these studs having heads to retain them and the plate inplace.

The straps to be connected are formed with suitable holes, so that oneof the studs may be entered into one strap and the other into the onewith which it is to be connected, and any adjustment is thus easilymade.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the applicationof my strap connection. Fig. 2 shows the strap connection with one ofthe straps disconnected. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the plate. Fig.4 is an edge view of Fig. 1.

For the purpose of connecting the adjusting-straps such as are used uponthe backs of trousers, vests, and various undergarments it is customaryto employ buckles, one end of which is permanently secured to one ofthestraps, and the other strap is adapted to pass through the opening inthe buckle and be engaged by the usual teeth or points. This attachmentis objectionable, first, because any considerable taking up of the strapcarries the buckle far to one side of the center; secondly, because theteeth of the buckle soon wear out the strap through which they pass,and, besides, being objectionable on ac count of the projecting points.In my invention the straps A and B have buttonholes made in them, as at2. There may be as many of these holes in line as the probable amount ofadjustment will require, and when made in ordinary woven fabric thebuttonholes will preferably be worked around the edges, so as to givethem strength and permanence.

3 is a metal or other rigid plate which may be made in any suitable ordesired shape. I have here shown the plate as made rectangular and openin the center, thus forming narrow surrounding sides of sufficientstrength for the purpose. Upon each of the sides of this plate are studsprojecting therefrom and having heads upon them, as at 4. I have hereshown the studs as having their inner ends fixed in curved projections5, formed upon the outer edges of the longer sides of the bars or plate,so that the studs are separated by a little more than the width of theplate.

In applying the device one of the ends of the strap, as A, is passedthrough the opening in the plate 3, and one of the holes 2 is passedover the stud which projects from the bar on that side. brought over theother stud and is in like manner attached thereto, so that thecontiguous ends of the two straps cross each other an equal distanceupon each side of the securing device, which always remains in thecenter. For the longest adjustment the studs may be placed in the holesnearest the outer ends of the straps. A second adjustment may be made bytaking up one of the straps to the second hole, a third adjustment bytaking up the other strap to the second hole,

The other strap B is then i two of its parallel sides and extending inthe same direction and from the same face of the plate.

2. A connecting device for straps consisting of an open centered platethrough which the free end of one of the straps is passed, a headed studprojecting from the outer edge of the plate, one of said straps having ahole through which said stud is passed, a second headed stud projectingfrom the opposite IO edge of the plate the second straps having holestherein adapted to fit over said stud. In witness whereof I havehereunto set my hand.

MARCUS DATTLEBAUM. Witnesses:

WM. E. DEAN, i A. H. AUGAR.

